Inflation Reduction Act

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IRS to ‘partially close’ if government shutdown happens, reversing earlier plans, union says

The National Treasury Employees Union says the IRS will “partially close” if Congress triggers a lapse in appropriations.

Government Shutdown

IRS hiring its way to 90,000-employee workforce for first time in decade

Hiring/Retention

NerdWallet-Millennial Money-Financial Insecurity Help

A new way to keep track of all that Inflation Reduction and CHIPS Act money

Management

IRS ends decades’ old policy to combat safety concerns, scammers

Workforce

FILE - Drivers take an exit ramp off the Tobin Memorial Bridge, Wednesday, March 31, 2021, in Chelsea, Mass. The Transportation Department is launching a $27 billion program to repair and upgrade roughly 15,000 highway bridges as part of the infrastructure law approved in November. The effort is being announced Friday, Jan. 14, 2022 as President Joe Biden tries to showcase how his policies are delivering for the public. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

The Federal Permitting Council gets a new lease on life thanks to new infrastructure spending

Facilities/Construction

Senior Airman Savannah L. Waters

IRS puts modernization funds into cutting paper workload, beefing up enforcement

IT Modernization

IRS panel urges agency to promote Free File program before advancing its own alternative

IT Modernization

FILE - This March 22, 2013 file photo, shows the exterior of the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington. The Internal Revenue Service is recalling about 46,000 of its employees furloughed by the government shutdown, nearly 60 percent of its workforce, to handle tax returns and pay out refunds. The employees won't be paid. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

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GSA’s DiMartini to become top human capital official at IRS

People

IRS to launch pilot of its free e-file system for taxpayers to test in 2024 filing season

IT Modernization

IRS warns bill to end $80B modernization fund will ‘eviscerate’ plans for improved service

IT Modernization

IRS commissioner finalizing plans to rebuild workforce over next decade

Hiring/Retention

IRS commissioner Werfel sworn in to transform agency with ‘historic’ investment

Danny Werfel, a former acting IRS commissioner under the Obama administration, was sworn in Tuesday to serve as the agency’s 50th permanent commissioner.

Reorganization

FILE - Insulin is displayed at Pucci's Pharmacy in Sacramento, Calif., July 8, 2022. The biggest investment ever in the U.S. to fight climate change. A hard-fought cap on out-of-pocket prescription drug costs for seniors in the Medicare program. A new corporate minimum tax to ensure big businesses pay their share. And billions leftover to pay down federal deficits.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Why some FEHB participants should take another look at Medicare Part D

With significant changes to Medicare Part D in the Inflation Reduction Act, a federal health expert says FEHB participants should reconsider their plan…

Benefits

FILE - In this Sept. 21, 2017, file photo, a sign on a door of the Environmental Protection Agency in Washington. Long-running research projects credited with pivotal discoveries about the harm that pesticides, air pollution and other hazards pose to children are in jeopardy or shutting down because the Environmental Protection Agency will not commit to their continued funding, researchers say. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

With low staffing and high workloads, EPA’s large budget proposal is a ‘catch-up game,’ administrator says

Workforce

Among efforts to tackle climate change, protect public health and improve infrastructure, a top priority of the EPA budget request is rebuilding its workforce.